Brooke Bolander

Brooke Bolander is an American author of speculative fiction.[1]

Brooke Bolander
Brooke Bolander at Worldcon in Helsinki, 2017
Brooke Bolander at Worldcon in Helsinki, 2017
OccupationWriter of short fiction
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Period2008–present
GenreSpeculative fiction
Notable worksThe Only Harmless Great Thing (2018)
Notable awards
Website
brookebolander.com

Biography

Bolander attended the University of Leicester, studying History and Archaeology,[2] and is a graduate of the 2011 Clarion Workshop.[3]

Literary career

Bolander's work, including both short fiction and essays, has been published in venues such as Lightspeed,[2] Uncanny Magazine,[4] and Strange Horizons.[3]

Her novelette "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" (2015), first published in Lightspeed,[5] was a finalist for the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette,[6] the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,[7] and the 2016 Locus Award for Best Novelette.[8] It was included in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection.[9]

Her short story "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" (2016), in Uncanny Magazine,[10] was a finalist for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story[11] and the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[12]

Her novelette The Only Harmless Great Thing (2018), released by Tor,[13] won the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 2019 Locus Award for Best Novelette, and was a finalist for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.

Bibliography

Source: ISFDB[14]

Fiction

Source:[10]

  • Kindle (2019)
  • A Bird, a Song, a Revolution (2019)
  • A Glossary of Radicalization (2020)
  • Where the River Turns to Concrete (2020)

Nonfiction

  • "Breaching the Gap" (2014)
  • "Introduction" (Genius Loci) (2016)
  • "The Uncanny Dinosaurs—Introduction" (2018)

Awards and nominations

YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef
2015"And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead"Nebula AwardBest NoveletteShortlisted[6]
2016Hugo AwardBest NoveletteShortlisted[7]
Locus AwardBest NoveletteNominated[8]
Theodore Sturgeon AwardShortlisted[16]
"Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies"Nebula AwardBest Short StoryShortlisted[11]
2017Hugo AwardBest Short StoryShortlisted[12]
World Fantasy AwardShort FictionShortlisted
2018The Only Harmless Great ThingNebula AwardBest NoveletteWon
2019Hugo AwardBest NoveletteShortlisted[16][17]
Locus AwardBest NoveletteWon
Shirley Jackson AwardNovellaShortlisted[16][17]
Theodore Sturgeon AwardShortlisted[16][17]
World Fantasy AwardNovellaShortlisted[16][17]
"The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters..."Hugo AwardBest Short StoryShortlisted

See also

References